The Lotus 88 had a dual chassis that gave it extra stability. Competitors were so scared of it it was banned before the season even began. Colin Chapman's last big "invention".

Technically F40 GT

Seinfeld used to have a great bit about Japanese car names from the 90's:

The answer is:

It wants to be.

Mine is a regular 635csi auto.

I have one of these. Mine looks a lot worse than this. Yet I'd pay the money for it. So this is like, a deal.

I'm not saying making them bad on purpose. I'm saying, for instance, to make the choice to have an N/A V12 stuck on there, despite all the world saying N/A V12's are dinosaur engines, but to do it anyway just because you can - and be applauded for it. Ferrari did that. Or make your car heavier than it has to be,…

Your dad works with Norman Foster? If so that's pretty cool.

I also think that they are sitting on an impossibly high horse for such a young company. With the F1, credit was given to Gordon Murray. Credit was given to BMW and its V12 engine. It was always seen as a team effort.

The Alfa Romeo 4C is closer to the McLaren F1 than the McLaren P1 is.

They got their ass handed to them by Porsche, and it doesn't look good. That safety argument is complete bullshit. As if they give a crap. Too bad, but I have a theory...

The best book on Senna's life is called "Ayrton: Heroi Revelado" by a Brazilian Journalist called Ernesto Rodrigues. It features in-depth interviews with the people who were closest to him, both during the F1 season, and in the off-season. Valuable interviews that sadly aren't featured in most foreign journalists'…

They weren't friends. There was respect there, but it was far from being a friendship. He was a pallbearer out of respect, a camaraderie shared between F1 drivers who watched others die on track. Who knows how that relationship would have developed over the years, but considering the Senna x Prost history, the last…

Jackie Stewart is a great racing driver and an exemplary human being. But damn does he like to hear the sound of his own voice.

I have to find where I read about it. It has to do with 4WD systems like the one in the Jensen FF (guess what it stands for) and was even in a F1 car driven by Stirling Moss. But I can't even remember if what I'm saying is right. When I get home today I'll go through my Motorsport Magazine stack and try and find the…

The Ferguson Formula transfer gearbox was like an early CVT...

Makes no sense for Porsche, Audi, and VW for this to be a diesel.

Here it is...

That song, man. It still makes my eyes well up. TV Globo commissioned it as a victory theme for Brazilian drivers who won F1 races once they started showing the races on TV live. They probably played it for Piquet first, but after Senna started winning there is no one in this country who doesn't immediately associate…